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Dawn, That is horrible!! So glad you were not hurt more seriously, and that no one else was close!!Good you shared so others will be able to avoid same scenario.

Re book: Does this one have a lot of cream Christmas decorating ideas? I am especially looking for that right now.Would never have thought to order them sued. Great idea.I'll wait to order till you can point me in direction of best one to get. (I'm just guessing you have done this before.) =)

Oh my Dawn what a scary thing to happen, first thing I thought of was the glass then getting burned....I sure hope that you are okay. So happy no one else was involved. I had a pepsi bottle explode on me one time, I was getting it from under a counter and it exploded and cut my foot pretty bad. I didn't get stitches and it took a long time to heal. Also nice to know this about pyrex....take care Sweet Lady....

Dear Dawn,I'm so glad you didn't get glass in your eyes!Don't feel bad about crying, I would have cried too! I am thankful no one else was hurt too! This happened to me before too. I had a pyrex dish on a cookie sheet in the oven. I opened the door to check on it and it was cracked into pieces with all the food oozing out onto the cookie sheet! I love everyone of Victoria's books. They are just full of beautiful images that you can just keep going back to, time and time again. Thank you for sharing this one.Have a wonderful week.Hugs and love,Sonya

Oh my goodness, dearest Dawn- I`m so thankful, you was not cut in your face, or badly hurt in any way- and that Clara was not by your side- how very scary, sweetheart-thanks for telling, I have been lucky ,I guess, not experiencing that.And thanks for the book info, I love Victoria-mags and books, too.Wish you a pieceful monday my precious friend.Hugs and love,Dorthe

That sounds awful and so scary. I hope that you are okay and thank goodness little Clare was on the other side of the room. Your dinner sounded so good but I am so glad that there wasn't more damage to you.

Dawn - so hppay you weren't hurt! I've had a pyrex dish explode also - thankfully it was still in the oven and all the mess stayed there. I've read several articles about exploding pyrex and it's the newer stuff that's made in China. Look for the old Pyrex at estate sales and yard sales - it's the best and won't explode!

First off I am glad you were not HURT too bad!! My Pastors wife said that happened to her about a year ago. She made a birthday cake in one of the blue pyrex ones and she set it on the stove top and it exploded everywhere!

I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt, Dawn! I have corningware casserole dishes and usually only cook with them at about 350, so they haven't been a problem, but I am going to keep this in mind anyway. Most of the time I like to use the aluminum pans for easier clean up.

Oh, Dawn, that could have been disasterous! So glad you weren't hurt badly. God was watching over you, your baby girl and dil. Praise God.I can understand why you loved these photos. They look like they've come right out of your home or workshop. Lovely.

Oh Dawn- I am so glad none of the hot food or glass got on your skin or eyes!! Very scary! I forgot to prick the skin of some baked potatoes wonce, and when I grabbed one with the oven mitt it exploded- luckily non got on me. I will be careful with my pyrex!! I have a large piece of granite on the counter top- like a cutting board- that I often put hot dishes on, rather than the stove. You need to go look for some cool trivets!! HUGS from its-cold-here-already MAINE!

How terrible! I hope you'll be recovered soon! We use these Pyrex dishes here in Belgium as well! In fact, made a dish in the oven in it last week. Don't know if I'll be using it again???!!Greetings from Belgium from a new blogfriend.....Netka

Dawn, that scared me all the way up here. I hope that you weren't hurt beyond a bad shake-up. That's exactly how I'd have handled it as well...a good scream and the tummy in knots for a bit. Thank you for the warning.

Well,I am so thankful you were not hurt seriously...we had something similar happen at a church gathering one time....there was something staying warm on the stove top in the fellowship hall kitchen in a pyrex and it did the same as yours. No one was near it at the time but,what a mess. The book is lovely and you are so right...its not to early to start thinking about Christmas. I am doing handmade gifts this year so I am already working on that. Blessings on your week dear friend.

Dawn, I'm glad you are alright, I just wanted to cry when I read your post. I know how frightening that can be. Also be carefull of boiling water in the microwave in a glass container. After you take the container out of the microwave, if you put a metal spoon in the glass, it can explode. I'm so sorry this happened to you. Give your boys extra kisses.

Hello Dawn, What a gorgeous blog! I can't wait to mosey around a bit mote. And thank you for having Hug Snug on your sidebar... I LOVE IT and I now I know where to buy it thanks to you. ( -:xoxo Maliawww.yesterdayontuesday.com

Dawn, a similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I baked asparagus in Pyrex casserole dish at 400 deg. I had been cooking rice on the stove top and some condensation was left on the stove from the lid. When I placed the hot Pyrex dish on the slightly wet stove top it broke into pieces. Thankfully, no glass got in my food because it was lined with heavy duty foil. God was protecting me because I had my head right next to it as I leaned into the oven to look at the chicken. Do you think there could have been condensation from your hot potatoes? We've had our Pyrex for over 30 years! I'm so glad you're OK and not badly hurt.

Just a note of clarification, if you have older Pyrex (let's say 10 yrs and older) you most probably will never have an exoploding one. Corning/Pyrex that is newer is NOT the same glass. My son who works for a glassmaking company warned me a few years ago after a conversation with someone who knew about the changes in their glassmaking method and the potential for breaking. ABC news ran a story about this problem too, but didn't make it clear that this was happening to only newer Pyrex. If you've got lots of the "old" stuff like I do, you're probably never going to have an exploding casserole. You had a guardian angel watching over you Dawn, you could have been severely injured.

Thank goodness you weren't hurt badly--and that no one else was, either. This same thing happened to my sister in her kitchen a few months ago--a pyrex casserole dish blew up . . . we all need to be careful with Pyrex from now on--I never even thought this could happen to Pyrex!

I am so glad to hear that you were not hurt. And I would have cried, too, out of sheer fright!! As for the Pyrex, what I've read says that the older Pyrex made here in the USA is safe. It is the newer Pyrex pieces made overseas, where they skimp on ingredients in the glass and add things like lime, which is not safe and does not harden like real Pyrex, is the stuff that explodes. You didn't say which you were using, but your story reminded me of what I had read awhile ago.

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My name is Dawn Edmonson. I'm a wife for 37 years to the same wonderful man, mother to five great boys ranging in age from 35 to 20 years old and grandmother to two precious little girls and two sweet little boys. We have a Devon Rex cat and a crazy little Jack Russell/
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